HisTreeNut
Minister of Fire
I generally use wax covered cardboard cut into 1/2" x 2" strips...a couple usually does the trick with some kindling. I get the cardboard from work as a lot of produce comes in the wax coated boxes. If you stop into your local supermarket, just ask & more than likely they will give one to you. I prefer the top-down method to starting a fire, but the wifey does it the old fashioned way, "Honey, can you clean out the ashes and start a fire?"
She prefers to start a kindling fire, & then put larger splits on the coals. One of the kiddos chores is to gather all the fallen branches, break them up, and stack them on a pallet near the house, which means kindling is never an issue.
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